Congratulations to the following High School students who auditioned for the Region VIII High School All-Region Band. Auditions took place at Southside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas on January 20th, 2024.
The All-Region Concert will take place on January 27th, 2024 at the Van Buren Performing Arts Center in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Names with an Asterisk beside them indicate that the student qualified for All-State Auditions in Concert Band. All-State Auditions will take place February 2nd-3rd at the Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas.
Flute
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Madison Mayer* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Jasmine Coleman* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Cameron Jackson* Ama HS
Wind Ensemble - 4th Chair Emilie Nelson* Mansfield HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Lily Calvo* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Emma Spradlin* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Bhavinesh Patel* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Kinsey Franklin* Cedarville HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Zaynah Khan* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Anna Peckham FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Damaris Castaneda Clarksville HS
Symphonic - 8th Chair Breanna Holmes Hackett HS
Symphonic - 9th Chair Ashley Salasac FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 10th Chair Marzie Walker Greenwood HS
Symphonic - 11th Chair Ralyn King Charleston HS
Symphonic - 12th Chair Kayden Rogers Waldron HS
Concert - 1st Chair Amy Nguyen FS Southside HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Esmeralda Uribe FS Northside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Sydnee Beck Lavaca HS
Concert - 4th Chair Doris Lopez Cedarville HS
Concert - 5th Chair Keslyn Hill Hackett HS
Concert - 6th Chair Jailyn Cole Lavaca HS
Oboe
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Caleb Downs* Alma HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Eliana Lopez* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Megan Ness* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Ishmael Meji Castro* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Leah Young FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Victoria Reyes FS Northside HS
Concert - 1st Chair Landon Christenberry FS Northside HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Brenda Iturriaga Centeno FS Northside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Yareli Iraheta Van Buren HS
Concert - 4th Chair Rebekah Ray Van Buren HS
Bassoon
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Emily Wheeler* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Quinn Kennedy* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Eric Decker* Mena HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Santos Pacheco* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Ashlynn Holt Mountainburg HS
Bb Soprano Clarinet
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Evelyn Ball* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Destiny Evans* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Victoria Davis* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 4th Chair Andre Melendez* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 5th Chair Sabrina Navarros* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 6th Chair Allison Nobel* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 7th Chair Ben Crump* Waldron HS
Wind Ensemble - 8th Chair Emry Woolard* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Vincent Valdez* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Caleigh Childers* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair David LeJune* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Claire Hassler* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Eduardo Ochoa* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Mariela Martinez* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Andrew Schnell* Mena HS
Symphonic - 8th Chair Melanny Correa* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 9th Chair Clair Merry FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 10th Chair Eliana Morton Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 11th Chair Leland Griffith FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 12th Chair Mora Boyd FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 13th Chair Alexis Castro FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 14th Chair Ryleigh Pemberton Cedarville HS
Symphonic - 15th Chair Jaylinne Deleon FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 16th Chair Isaiah Ward Magazine HS
Symphonic - 17th Chair Lanich Madeline Alma HS
Symphonic - 18th Chair Carter Whiley Mansfield HS
Symphonic - 19th Chair Alan Resendiz FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 20th Chair Taniya Osburn Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 21st Chair Brisa Hernandez FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 22nd Chair Hailey Andolina FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 23rd Chair Emme-Lee Stewart Ozark HS
Symphonic - 24th Chair Patsy Graham FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 25th Chair Mackenzy Knubley FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 26th Chair Malia Rodriguez Hackett HS
Concert - 1st Chair Sarai Duran FS Northside HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Anthony Nuno Clarksville HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Aiden Reynolds FS Southside HS
Concert - 4th Chair Addie Acevedo FS Northside HS
Concert - 5th Chair Brianna Rupe Hackett HS
Concert - 6th Chair Michelle Hernandez FS Southside HS
Concert - 7th Chair Olivia Perez Mena HS
Concert - 8th Chair Keyihra Mims FS Southside HS
Concert - 9th Chair Emily Hernandez FS Northside HS
Concert - 10th Chair Evelyn Brumley Van Buren HS
Concert - 11th Chair Nathan Polk Hackett HS
Concert - 12th Chair Lina Dang FS Northside HS
Concert - 13th Chair Ally Eaves Waldron HS
Concert - 14th Chair Marlene Mejia FS Northside HS
Concert - 15th Chair Alan Manjarez FS Southside HS
Concert - 16th Chair Andres Marcos FS Northside HS
Concert - 17th Chair Alyssa Howell FS Southside HS
Bass Clarinet
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Chase Waggoner* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Jacob Steinsiek* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Annabelle Lackey* Hackett HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Sydney Taylor* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Hannah Minor Greenwood HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Jillian McKinney Van Buren HS
Concert - 1st Chair Shelby Gunn Alma HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Kyra Crider Ozark HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Aden Schell FS Southside HS
Concert - 4th Chair Monica Lopez Van Buren HS
Contra Clarinet
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Darin Clemings* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Jasper Stockton* Alma HS
Alto Saxophone
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Eric Brewer* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Gabriel Iraburo* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Alex Whitsett* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Cale Smith* Booneville HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Evan Hoffman* Greenwood HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Schuyler Henehan* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Andrew Bonilla* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Herbert Aragon FS Northside HS
Concert - 1st Chair Caleb Schmitt Booneville 9th
Concert - 2nd Chair Haylee Bruton Mountainburg HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Hayden Love Hackett HS
Concert - 4th Chair Kassidy Brasher Alma HS
Concert - 5th Chair Enrique Garcia FS Southside HS
Concert - 6th Chair Ulysses Lopez Cossatot River HS
1st Alternate Loc Pham FS Northside HS
2nd Alternate Trevalen Pound Alma HS
3rd Alternate Delaney Pettigrew Van Buren FA
Tenor Saxophone
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Juan Martinez Gonzalez* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair David Thai* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Henry Rodriguez* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Eric Holmes Greenwood HS
Concert - 1st Chair Grace Ann Johnson FS Southside HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Brian Farrar FS Southside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Jocelyn Manzano-Serrano FS Southside HS
1st Alternate Chloe Whiley Mansfield HS
2nd Alternate Aden Ewald Cedarville HS
Bari Saxophone
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Blake Paleyo* Greenwood HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Ethan Waits* Alma HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Jason Chidester* FS Southside HS
Trumpet
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Sarah Williams* Greenwood HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Tayla Gil* Alma HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Robert Bowles* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 4th Chair Zane Humphrey* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 5th Chair Anthony Mendez* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 6th Chair Xander Cline* Ozark HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Jonathan Soto* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Keila Tichenor* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Raul Grande* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Tyler Dobbins* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Elizabeth Masterson* Alma HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Nathan Mahar* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Trevor Corbell Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 8th Chair Brandon Luna FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 9th Chair Brock Gentry Magazine HS
Symphonic - 10th Chair Debora Hernandez Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 11th Chair Kevin Sedano FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 12th Chair Scottie Gragg Mena HS
Symphonic - 13th Chair Randa Rhoades Waldron HS
Concert - 1st Chair Ben Bryan Greenwood HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Jace Raya FS Southside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Madeline Partain Van Buren HS
Concert - 4th Chair Dalen Hutchinson Alma HS
Concert - 5th Chair Sebastain Benavides FS Northside HS
Concert - 6th Chair Aiden Ragsdale Van Buren HS
Concert - 7th Chair RJ Becker FS Northside HS
Concert - 8th Chair Chloe Britt FS Southside HS
Concert - 9th Chair Carlos Williams FS Southside HS
Concert - 10th Chair Juan Almaraz Clarksville HS
Concert - 11th Chair Yulissa Ocampo FS Southside HS
Concert - 12th Chair Lillie Daws Van Buren HS
Concert - 13th Chair Justin Rivas FS Northside HS
1st Alternate Kaylon Lensing FS Southside HS
2nd Alternate Adrian Chevez FS Southside HS
3rd Alternate Ryan Walters Hackett HS
French Horn
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Oliver Durham* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Gracie King* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Madalyn Echols* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 4th Chair Jennifer Sanchez* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 5th Chair JoAnna Wade* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 6th Chair Emma Franklin* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Shayne Chase-Turpin* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Eleanor Gordon Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Lily Fry FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Bradley Keeter Cedarville HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Zoey Westfall Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Sarah Baldwin FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Lyza Gonzalez Waldron HS
Symphonic - 8th Chair Hunter Daily FS Southside HS
Concert - 1st Chair Haylie Torres Van Buren HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Taryn Smith Cedarville HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Eric Pilgrim FS Northside HS
Concert - 4th Chair Logan Russell FS Southside HS
Concert - 5th Chair Aydan Taylor Greenwood HS
Concert - 6th Chair Chandler Lollis Van Buren HS
Concert - 7th Chair Taira Nguyen FS Northside HS
Concert - 8th Chair Gabriel Oliva FS Northside HS
1st Alternate Katie Chavarria FS Northside HS
Trombone
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Christian Woodward*Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Raequan Whitaker* FS Northside HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Anthony Keeter* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Caden Farris* Alma HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Jesus Ortiz* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Jonah Ward* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair John Lockhart* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Joshua Priester FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Christopher Castro FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Evan Law FS Northside HS
Concert - 1st Chair Timothy Hernandez Ozark HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Grayson Fielder FS Southside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Kattaleya Chomphilath Van Buren HS
Concert - 4th Chair Jonathan Dilworth FS Northside HS
Concert - 5th Chair Kevin Tarin FS Northside HS
Concert - 6th Chair Schito Ahmadou FS Southside HS
Concert - 7th Chair Chance Prescott Van Buren HS
1st Alternate Isaac Stewart FS Southside HS
2nd Alternate Joshua Williford Van Buren HS
3rd Alternate Jordan Sharp Van Buren HS
Bass Trombone
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Alexander Resendiz* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Patrick Smith* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Rylan Ward Greenwood HS
Concert - 1st Chair Jesse Garcia Mena HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Connor Newton Alma HS
1st Alternate Alexis Mejia FS Northside HS
Euphonium
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Christian Long * Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Koby Nance* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Manuel Matamoros* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Alison Rivas* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Gavin Gibbs* Greenwood HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Josh Pagsolingan* Cedarville HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Erick Rodriguez FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Juan Torres Mulberry HS
Concert - 1st Chair Caitlyn Campbell FS Southside HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Paige Huggins Greenwood HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Antonio Sanchez Mena HS
Concert - 4th Chair Emma Shumate Greenwood HS
Tuba
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Rayden Laird* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Alex Lessley* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair Hayden Deans* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Jackson Sharp* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Beck Conley* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Brock Snider* Clarksville HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Jacob Irelan Charleston HS
Concert - 1st Chair Devin Mills Van Buren HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Jonah Martin Mansfield HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Eden Davis FS Northside HS
Concert - 4th Chair Korben Smith Ozark HS
String Bass
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Jessica Domingo* FS Northside HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Mason Williams* Greenwood HS
Percussion
Wind Ensemble - 1st Chair Peter Pham* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 2nd Chair Ben Peer* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 3rd Chair David Ramirez* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 4th Chair Ryder Mack* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 5th Chair Hayden Fontaine* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 6th Chair Jett Wellborn* FS Southside HS
Wind Ensemble - 7th Chair Gavin Moore* Van Buren HS
Wind Ensemble - 8th Chair Destin Shultz* Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 1st Chair Timothy Tran* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 2nd Chair Kevin Coats* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 3rd Chair Joe Griggs* FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 4th Chair Darian Hunt Waldron HS
Symphonic - 5th Chair Brannon Davidson Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 6th Chair Blake Bingham Waldron HS
Symphonic - 7th Chair Christian Flores Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 8th Chair Samantha Sabin Cedarville HS
Symphonic - 9th Chair Peyton Beckham Van Buren HS
Symphonic - 10th Chair Leo Simonian FS Southside HS
Symphonic - 11th Chair Elise Hensley Greenwood HS
Concert - 1st Chair Zaynah Dean Ozark HS
Concert - 2nd Chair Jon Joe FS Northside HS
Concert - 3rd Chair Trevor Callahan Van Buren HS
Concert - 4th Chair Ethan Boyd FS Northside HS
Concert - 5th Chair TaShanti Holden FS Northside HS
Concert - 6th Chair Jaxon Cox FS Northside HS
Concert - 7th Chair Thomas Burton FS Southside HS
Concert - 8th Chair Bryston Bay Greenwood HS
Concert - 9th Chair Khanen Null Hackett HS
Concert - 10th Chair Litzy Lopez FS Northside HS
Concert - 11th Chair Adeline Caldwell Ozark HS
1st Alternate Isaac Buzbee Greenwood HS
2nd Alternate Britley Sirratt Ozark HS
3rd Alternate Julian Forster Van Buren HS